Weather Girl (gxg)

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From that point, Henry and I were always together. At the park, our front yards, at Henry's house, at my house, and at school. It was obvious that my parents were happy, I had made my first ever friend. Not only that, Henry loved helping my mom out in her garden. He actually enjoyed learning about different flowers, vegetables, and how important it was to maintain one's soil, all of the boring stuff. While I hated having to help my mom, I decided to stay behind because Henry was there.

I was happy that he was in my life.

There there was Adie. She was amazing. Smart, older, cool, not at all awkward, and outgoing. Wherever Hrn was, she was usually there. Because she was older than us by two years, our parents put her in charge. If we wanted to play outside, Adie had to as well. If the ice cream truck was outside and we wanted something, Adie had to buy it for us. She was like our big sister or our babysitter. And Henry hated it. He found it annoying that his cousin was always there. For him, he always had to play with her growing up and see her at home. Whenever we had sleepovers at my house (and Adie was not there), he would complain about her whenever he could. I could only nod my head as if I could relate to whatever he was saying. But I couldn't. At that time, I was an only child until two years later than Sofia was adopted and joined my family. Until then, I was the baby and only child, and I was sure that Henry knew that. He just didn't care, he just needed an actual person that would listen to him.

Whenever Adie was with us, I would love playing with her. She didn't care that we were younger than us no did she ever complain. She would smile in our direction, took charge, and come up with a game that they could play together. She was never bored whenever I saw her. She was someone who I thought that I wanted to be like in the future. Adie was (and is) everything that I wanted to be.

To be cool, friendly, smart, pretty, creative, having more than one friend, and just being good at something. Anything really.

For years, I thought that I wanted to be like her as we spent more time together. It was until I realized that I didn't see Adie as an older cousin or a role model. There was more to how I felt about her and I didn't realize that until I was unable to see her every day.

By the time she started high school, Adie was unable to watch us. At that point, our parents thought that Henry and I were old enough to watch ourselves at the age of twelve. We were ecstatic that they were able to trust us finally. We no longer needed a babysitter that had to follow us wherever we wanted to go (though, we did have to watch Sofia until she was old enough to watch herself.) Henry finally got what he wanted and it was obvious how happy he was. Me on the other hand, I was sure how I felt.

Yes, I was happy that my own parents thought that I was old enough to not only watch myself but also Sofia. However, that meant that I wouldn't be able to really see Adie. She was in high school and because she decided to do a variety of after-school activities and joined the swimming team, she didn't have time to hang out with us.

Not only that, Adie started to hang out with more people her age. Whenever I would go Henry's house, there she was with her new group of friends. They would sit inside of the living room trying to complete their homework, playing video games, or watching TV. Adie did introduce her friends to us, but I was never able to remember all of their names. They all had basic and generic names (Amy, Lucy, Todd) and looked the same (blonde or brown hair with blue or green eyes.) Even though Adie stood out from all of her friends, she still loved being with them. They were her friends and while I couldn't understand why she wanted to be with them, she did.

And I didn't like that. I thought that it was because one of my childhood friends was barely in my life. That I was just jealous that she was hanging out with other people. It was until Alex Berbin walked into Adie's life that I finally figured out what was going on.